Title

'Abandoned British trenches and guns at Maubeuge', 1914. Artist: Unknown.

Caption

'Abandoned British trenches and guns at Maubeuge', 1914. The breech blocks of all these guns were removed before being abandoned in order to make each gun useless. From The Manchester Guardian History of the War - 1914, Vol. I.. [John Heywood Ltd, London, 1914]
The Print Collector collection

Date

1914

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19D04_025

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

125,9Mb (8,9Mb) / 28,9in x 16,9in / 8656 x 5082 (300dpi)

Keywords

France British weapon weapons bleak war century Britain aiming abandoned first world war wartime concept B&W MONOCHROME useless warfare trench trenches publication World War I WWI black & white black and white B W weaponry World War One 1910s 20th century The Print Collector 1st World War TGN WW1 copyspace photograph landscape Unknown John Heywood Manchester Guardian Nord Department History of the War John Heywood John Heywood Ltd breech block Maubeuge John Heywood photograph landscape